<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 35-4-78 - Sale of alcoholic beverage to obviously intoxicated person prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor--Civil liability. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2058966Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2058966SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2058966CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2058966Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2058966DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2058966Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2058966000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2058966SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2058966SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2058966Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=35-4-78"><span class="s2058966SENU">35-4-78</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058966SENU">. </span><span class="s2058966CL">Sale of alcoholic beverage to obviously intoxicated person prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor--Civil liability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058966Normal-000000"><span class="s2058966DefaultParagraphFont">No licensee may sell or serve any alcoholic beverage to any person who is obviously intoxicated. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058966Normal-000001"><span class="s2058966DefaultParagraphFont">However, no licensee is civilly liable to any injured person or the injured person's estate for any injury suffered, including any action for wrongful death, or property damage suffered because of the intoxication of any person due to the sale or consumption of any alcoholic beverage in violation of the provisions of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058966Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058966000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058966Normal"><span class="s2058966SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058966SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, §§ 5.0226 (2), 5.9905; SL 1971, ch 211, § 70; SL 1977, ch 190, § 125; SL 1985, ch 295, § 2; SL 1987, ch 261, § 27; SL 2010, ch 180, § 34; SL 2018, ch 213, § 85.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 35-4-78 - Sale of alcoholic beverage to obviously intoxicated person prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor--Civil liability. 35-4-78.1 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 35-4-78.1 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 35-4-78.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 35-4-78.1 to 35-4-78.4. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2010, ch 180, &#167;&#167;&nbsp;37 to 40.<p> </BODY> </HTML>